Russia’s foreign ministry said that the recent unrest in Kazakhstan is a foreign-inspired attempt to undermine the country’s state security by force. “We consider the recent events in a friendly country to be a foreign-inspired attempt to use armed and trained groups of people forcibly to undermine the security and integrity of the state,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said. She said Russia will assist Kazakh authorities in stopping the violence and would like to see restoration of normal life in the country as soon as possible.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic also suggested that foreign intelligence services were behind the ongoing mass riots in Kazakhstan. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko noted, “Everything happened synchronously. Everything was pre-planned. In terms of coordination, the external interference is obvious.”
